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Photos: Maine Open Farm Day draws a crowd in central Maine
More than 100 farms across Maine participated Sunday in the annual Maine Open Farm Day, which is meant to promote all the goods the farms produce and how integral the farms are to state agricultural operations. Photos by Morning Sentinel photographer Rich Abrahamson.
Zeke Boucher, 3, of Pittsfield, samples Balfour Farm cheese Sunday while touring the Pittsfield farm with his family during Maine Open Farm Day. Gale Flanders, left, and sister Kathy Flanders, center, shop for cheese made at Balfour Farm while taking part in Maine Open Farm Day on Sunday in Pittsfield. Maine Open Farm Day promotes all the goods provided by Maine farms. The women and other guests to the farm also saw Normande dairy cows and pigs during their tour of the farm. From left, Janice Dore, Kathy Flanders and sister Gale Flanders observe Normande dairy cows Sunday during Maine Open Farm Day at Balfour Farm in Pittsfield. Maine Open Farm Day is held to promote all the goods provided by Maine farms. Cheese made at Balfour Farm is sampled Sunday during Maine Open Farm Day in Pittsfield. Maine Open Farm Day is held to promote all the goods provided by Maine farms. Musician Jud Caswell performs Sunday during Maine Open Farm Day at Balfour Farm in Pittsfield. Zeke Boucher, 3, of Pittsfield trails his mother, Katelyn, and sisters Cora, 1, and Addy, 6, as the family tours Balfour Farm on Sunday during Maine Open Farm Day in Pittsfield. Maine Open Farm Day is a day promoting all the goods provided by Maine farms. Normande heifers watch guests of Balfour Farm during Maine Open Farm Day on Sunday in Pittsfield.
David is the Morning Sentinel's city editor. He joined the staff in Waterville in August of 2021, arriving from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he was the public safety editor. Prior to working for...
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